08/05/2024 | Since the 1950s, the paths in the FB10 Botanic Garden have been named after botanists. The majority of these path names go back to Wilhelm Troll, the founder of our Botanic Garden. The first selection included Carl von Linné and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, both of whom played a decisive role in systematic botany. ‘A total of 21 paths in the Botanic Garden are named after botanists. Female botanists have not been represented so far,’ says Prof Meret Huber, Director of the Botanic Garden. ‘This may not come as a surprise, as access to science was very difficult for women, at least until well into the 20th century. Nevertheless, women achieved excellent results in botany even back then. We would like to honour this by naming five paths in the Botanic Garden after outstanding female botanists.’